195 
(2) Pinnules smaller, 4-8 inches long, 
about as broad. 
3. L. japonicum. 
1. Lygodium microphyllum R. Br. 
Fronds scandent, consisting of a long twining 
rachis from which arise at intervals short spurs 
bearing a pair of pinne each; pinnz pinnate, 
pinnules petioled, 3-4 on each side of a zig- 
zag rachis with a terminal one which is more 
or less lobed ; barren pinnules ovate, blunt, the 
margin entire or lobed; fertile ones short, 
triangular, with a rounded apex anda square 
base and lobed round the margin. Texture 
almost leathery. Surfaces naked or nearly so. 
[Plate XIV] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency——North 
Kanara, Castle Rock, in dense jungle on the 
banks of a tank; Ghat jungles and South 
Konkan. 
South India, Malabar and West Coast gene- 
rally, common in plains andalso in the W ynaad, 
up to about 3,000 feet; North India, Bengal 
plains ; Malay Peninsula—Malay Islands. 
2. Lygodium flexuosum Bedd. 
Pinne arising in pairs from the ends of short 
spurs on the twining rachis. Pinnules 8-12 
